Figuring out limitations in SSD memory with my Motherboard

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Hello everyone, I have an Asus Z390-A motherboard with a SATA SSD from my old laptop. I salvaged an SSD and an HDD from my laptop for this, my first build. The SSD is a 250gb Samsung 850 EVO. I am thinking of adding a 500gb Samsung 970 PRO for, but I see this compatibility error on PCPartpicker:

The motherboard M.2 slot #2 shares bandwidth with a SATA 6.0 Gb/s port. When the M.2 slot is populated, one SATA 6.0 Gb/s port is disabled.

I am wondering since it says one SATA port, but would that restriction only apply if it is also sata and not if the 970 Pro is NVMe/PCIE? Or maybe they need to both be PCIE to bypass this? Or if it is truly: Only 1 port can be used at given time, altogether. If that is the case, are there any workarounds?